Hey there ladies and gents! :) So I'm back and I may be a bit late, whoops. Don't hate me toooo tooo much, please? This is kind of a filler chapter to sort of give you guys a break from all the intense shit that is what's to follow. c: R&R! :D

I do not own Teen Wolf or any of its characters, if i did shit would be insane and completely different but then i wouldn't have this story so yeah. I do own my character Raven Hale and any other original characters i create to support my story. :)

Family is Everything

Chapter 5

~Raven's POV~

After a much too long bus ride home I got Isaac to explain to me what the hell had happened the night before and to say I was shocked would be a complete understatement. Hearing about what everyone did, what I did, it's completely insane and definitely took me majority of the bus ride home to comprehend it all.

Now, now we were finally home and after saying goodbye to the others and a special goodbye to Isaac, I ran to the loft with my overnight bag strapped to my back. The others understood that I needed my alone time with Derek and the rest of my family and then they would slowly all come to see him as the weekend progressed.

I opened up the loft door and saw blood on the floor, too much blood. I panicked, "DEREK!" I shouted. I had completely forgotten that he was wounded, who knows how bad all his injuries are. "DEREK!" I called out again.

"Raven?" He called out coming from his bedroom. I breathed out a sigh of relief as I was him walk out completely healed and alive making his way towards me. I charged at him and pounced on him, grabbing him in a dangerously tight hug and he returned my bear hug. "Raven, I kind of need to breathe." He joked but I completely ignored him.

"No, you just have to hug me and be my big brother. God, I knew you couldn't have died." I mumbled as I wrapped my arms around his neck tighter and he just stood there holding me up and in turn hugging me just as tight. I inhaled his scent, his soothing, older brother, Derek like sent but found another scent all over him as well. Jennifer Blake's scent. I scoffed and untangled myself from his arms, jumping down and then slapping him across the face with an intense force that knocked him to the ground.

"Raven!? What the hell!?" He asked, shocked that I just slapped him and made him fall to the ground.

"After all that has fucking happened, all the shit I was put through, everything that went down last night! You have the audacity to screw MY English teacher and NOT call to say you're alive!" I roared at him and then kicked him in the gut to relieve my frustration. "WHAT THE FUCK DEREK!?" I continued shouting and kicking him.

"Raven…" He gasped as I kicked. "Let me…" Another kick. "Explain." He finally pleaded but I didn't relent and kept kicking him repeatedly.

"EXPLAIN! You want to EXPLAIN!" I shouted, full on rage and that was the moment Miss Blake had decided to grace us with her presence, running over in a hurry.

"Please Raven, stop kicking him, he's still healing." She tried but it was clear that Derek was fully healed. I turned to look her in the eyes but when I turned my head all I saw was a disheveled outfit that she quickly threw on reminding me of my older brother's idiocy.

"YOU!" Kick. "MOTHER FUCKING!" Kick. "TESTOSTERONE FILLED!" I lifted him up by his black t-shirt and threw him on the table while Miss Blake continued screeching behind me to stop. I simply jumped up on Derek and began punching him without end. "ASSHOLE!" I finally shouted after three punches. I still continued punching him in the face while tears began streaming down my face. "You're such a fucking… asshole!" I basically whimpered as I slowed my actions and Derek just grabbed my bruised hands and I actually looked down at his bloodied face and cried harder. "I'm… so… sorry!" I sobbed out.

"Hey, hey, it's fine Rae." He said soothingly as he pulled me towards him in a bear hug. "It's okay." He kept saying while rubbing my back to soothe me while I sobbed into his chest.

"I should go." Miss Blake deduced as if it wasn't already obvious that she wasn't needed any longer.

"I think that would be best." My amazing yet idiotic brother said in agreement with my English teacher. I heard her leave the loft after about five minutes of collecting her things and finally looked up from my hiding spot.

"You should have called." I whispered with a scratchy voice.

"I should have but I didn't. I'm sorry." He apologized. "I'm so sorry Rae. I wasn't thinking about anyone else. I was being selfish and I deserved every single punch and kick you dished out."

"Yeah, you did deserve every single one! Have you seriously been holed up here with her since yesterday this whole time? Cora and Peter went out to look for you! I don't even think they know either and me, well I…" I rambled on and on but didn't know how to explain that I almost put a bullet in my brain, voluntary or not.

"You what, Rae?" Derek asked with guilt written all over his face and heard in his voice. I quickly broke from his arms and began moving around the loft in an effort to change the subject.

"We need to clean up the blood at the entrance to the loft and we need to call Cora. How should go get changed and I'll grab some supplies." I rambled as I started my route around the loft avoiding the obvious tension and curious glances I was getting from Derek.

"Why are you avoiding me Rae? Where were you yesterday?" He questioned, getting down from the table and making his way to me. "Yesterday was supposed to be when the high school was going off to the meet so did you go too?"

"Umm, yeah, Isaac thought it would be better for me to be away from Beacons Hills for a while and not stuck here wallowing away in sorrow." I answered simply while frozen in my place.

"That was a smart idea, so what happened at the meet?" He asked.

"Never made it, something about a storm." I once again answered nonchalantly while finally moving and gathering cleaning supplies.

"So you were all stuck on a school bus for the night?" He continued.

"No… we stayed at a motel." I said as I came back with supplies in hand to see him just standing there staring at me waiting for me to explain. "Well don't just stand there, help me wipe up your blood." I ordered and threw a mop and a bucket at him. "Get some water… please?" I asked in an effort to be nice.

"Sure, I'll be right back." He agreed calmly but I knew this conversation was far from over. I gently placed the bottle of bleach on the floor and went to grab towels and something to scrub the floor with and settled on some bristle brushes. I walked back to the entrance to find Derek mixing the bleach and water together. "So, where did you guys stay?" He questioned innocently.

I began placing the towels on the floor and wiping up the blood, "Like I said, we stayed at a motel."

"I know that, I mean what was the name of the motel?" Derek egged on while grabbing a black garbage bag to stick all the used towels stained by blood. "Well?"

"Well…" I drawled on just as I was saved by my sister and uncle sliding the door open. "Cora!" I called out to her.

"Raven! Derek, you're okay?" She half asked and half stated as she ran to hug him and he accepted easily.

"Derek, good to see you're not dead." Peter commented. "You'll be happy to know that Ennis is no longer with us." He continued mockingly showing any sentiment for the dead alpha pack member.

"Have some respect for the dead Peter." I scolded him as if he were the younger one between the two of us.

"Are you really telling me you aren't happy he is dead?" Cora asked as she untangled herself from Derek's arms.

"I'm not saying that a part of me isn't glad that we have one less alpha member to deal with but I wish it was in a different way. I mean really, how many more fights before it's one of us that are really killed?" I explained.

"Now you sound like Scott, now a question, do you come up with your morality speeches together or?" Peter mocked.

"Oh bite me!" I snapped back at him while cleaning up the rest of the bloodied rags and tying a knot on the garbage bag. "How about you make yourself useful and take out the trash." I ordered Peter while throwing the bag at him.

"See I would but then I wouldn't be able to fully welcome back my dear nephew from his near death experience." Peter began making an excuse while dropping the bag on the floor and making his way to Derek.

"Typical." I mumbled under my breath. "Well then I'll go take out the trash, could one of you please mop the floor while I'm gone?" I asked and Cora stepped up and grabbed the mop as I made my way outside.

Once I was outside I took in some much needed air and placed the trash into the correct dumpster. As I began turning back I walked right into Ethan, who just stood there with his hands up in an innocent gesture. "I'm not here to fight you I promise." He said quickly.

"Well what the hell are you doing here!?" I asked frantically as I grabbed his arm and dragged him further away from the building entrance and making sure no one was around or could see us.

"I was just sort of in the neighborhood and…" He began poorly explaining.

"Just spit it out!" I rushed him, worried that someone upstairs would find us here and attack Ethan. And with that thought I rationalized that I only felt this way because I wanted to avoid any future confrontation with the alpha pack.

"Is he okay?" Ethan finally got out.

"Who?" I asked, confused as to who Ethan, a known threat and enemy, could be asking about.

"George Clooney, that's who, no! Derek, how is Derek?" He explained sarcastically, and using hand gestures.

"Well, I'm sorry Ethan; it's not every day that the enemy comes knocking at my door to ask about the wellbeing of my brother. Especially when he was attacked by said enemy's partner!" I rambled, finding this whole situation a bit confusing, to say the least. "He's just fine, thanks for asking. How are you doing, about Ennis?" I asked in turn.

"He was a friend and now he's gone, I'm as expected to be." He answered; seeming relieved now knowing that things were fine on my side of things.

"I'd expect you to be here ripping out my throat instead of asking me how my brother is. None of this is as expected Ethan." I challenged.

"Well, Aiden and I didn't know him as well as the others; we keep to ourselves and do as we're told. Kali is somehow coping but you can see how badly it's hurting her. Deucalion is of course above it all but he's our alpha, so he is sort of obligated to do so." Ethan continued.

"Well, I think Deucalion has always been above it all regardless. I also think he is a major dick and don't understand why you even continue to listen to anything he has to say. You're different Ethan, compared to the others, compared to your own brother, I just don't get it. Why stay?" I questioned.

"Why not? He keeps me and my brother alive and in turn we stay loyal to him, it seems pretty easy. He's the alpha." He answered with an overly practiced explanation, as if he wasn't just trying to convince me of his reasons for staying but himself as well.

"Ah yes, the alpha to a group of alphas, how sweet." I joked and realized that I had been out here for a while now. "Look Ethan, I should get back but thanks again for coming. I hope we don't have to "hate" each other for much longer because you are proving to be a pretty decent guy." I said truthfully as I laid a hand on his shoulder and gave him gentle smile before walking away.

"See you around Raven." Ethan said in return and just like that he was gone and I was alone again. I made my way back to the loft and found that the floor was clean and no one was in sight.

I made my way to my room and was startled by Uncle Peter waiting for me in my room. "Well you took awfully long taking out the trash. What took so long?"

"I needed sometime to myself, I can only take so much of you Peter and even then I have to fight the urge to stick needles in my eyes." I snapped back at him. "Now what the hell are you doing here?" I inquired as I moved towards my closet to find a change of clothes before going to shower.

"Just checking up on my niece, is that not allowed?" He tried acting innocent and polite.

"Actually, it isn't allowed. Now get out." I demanded and shooed him out my door.

~Isaac's POV~

I have been pacing outside the loft door for about ten minutes now, too worried to actually go in and risk interrupting any family time that could be going on. Should I just knock and wait for an answer or maybe I should just go right inside but what if it's too early for visitors? This was a bad idea, I should just go back home to Scott's but if I leave now I won't stop worrying about what could have happened. Fuck.

"Just come in already Isaac." Derek announced knowing I would hear him. Decision made, I would go inside regardless of any possible interruption. I slowly slid the door open and looked around to make sure everything was in order and all I saw was Derek calmly reading a book.

"I wasn't sure if I should have come or not, I didn't want to risk interrupting any possible family moments." I quickly explained since it could be seen as strange that I was outside the loft doors having an internal debate with myself.

"So you were just going to continue pacing around and burn a hole in the floor?" He questioned jokingly.

"Well… I didn't think… how are you doing?" I finally stuttered out, choosing to just change the subject and hopefully get past this awkward moment. When did I get so damn nervous again?

"I'm okay considering I almost died, thanks for asking. I'm assuming you would like to go see Raven, she should be around here somewhere." Derek explained, making this a whole lot easier for me.

"Uh yeah, sure, I'll go find her. How is she by the way, I mean after yesterday we are all pretty frazzled?" I asked in return, trying to assess the damage that the Darach inflicted.

"Yesterday?" Derek questioned.

"Yeah yesterday, with Scott not completely healing and the Glenn Capri with the Darach being involved." I explained, assuming that Raven had told him everything; these vague explanations should be enough for him to recognize. I may have done something wrong because Derek's calm demeanor quickly became rage and worry filled in a few seconds flat.

"RAVEN!" Derek called out and as soon as her name was said she came running out in her training clothes. As soon as she saw me things seemed to click for her.

"Shit…" I could hear here mumble under her breath.

"Would you like to explain to me what happened yesterday with Scott and at the Glenn Capri!?" Derek demanded of her while Cora and Peter also surfaced from the shadows.

"Derek, why the hell are you shouting?" Cora nagged. Peter just stood quietly while watching the events unfold.

"Raven was just going to inform us of her trip to the Glenn Capri yesterday." He explained simply and the name seemed to ring some recognition in her eyes.

"The motel with all the suicides, what the hell were you doing there Raven?" Cora jumped at the name and started scolding Raven.

"In my defense it wasn't my choice. We just happened to stop at the closest motel, being the Glenn Capri, Coach's orders. I didn't even remember the significance of the place until I got back home." She explained, attempting to make it all seem like it wasn't a big deal.

"Isaac mentioned the Darach being involved." Derek stated, expecting a better explanation. Raven looked to me and all I could do was mouth the words 'sorry' to her.

"Well, it seems that the dark druid led us to that motel and made several attempts on any wolf's life. Scott, Boyd, Isaac, even Ethan, and I were being played by the Darach and we all almost offed ourselves." She confessed.

"And you didn't think that we deserved to know this!?" Cora yelled at her.

"I didn't want to worry you all yet, I wanted this weekend to be calm since we just got Derek back! Oh and there might be a price on your head Derek, either you die or one of the pack members die." She added sheepishly.

"This cannot be happening!" Cora shouted in exasperation.

"Well this is definitely a turn of events, so Derek whose it gonna be?" Peter mocked.

"SHUT UP!" We all shouted in unison at their insufferable uncle.

"Ethan told Scott that Kali is going to be coming after you." I informed him but Derek just stayed quiet, in thought.

"I'll be back." He announced simply which caused a new uproar.

"Excuse me! No! Where ever the hell you plan on going, you aren't! You have a fucking target on your head and you want to go out in the open for any alpha pack member to see you!" Raven shouted.

"She has a point Derek. You can't take Kali on all by yourself, she's too strong." Cora reasoned.

"I know that, I have at least a day or two to prepare for her arrival, she'd give me time to make my decision. They want me to join them at any costs but I refuse to do it. I need to get supplies; I'll be quick and careful. Don't worry." Derek explained, assuring that he would be just fine.

"Don't worry girls, I'll tag along and keep him safe." Peter suggested with a sly smile on his face.

"Oh God, that's even worse!" Raven complained.

No, I'll go." Cora decided. "Raven stay here and rest. I think it's safe to say you've had enough adventure for the weekend."

"Fine, just stay safe." Raven asked simply, not wanting anything bad to happen to those she holds close to her heart. I wonder if she is as protective of me like she is her family. She loves her family. It's way too early in the game to be thinking about love, right? Love is such a strong word.

"Isaac?" I looked up to find Raven standing right in front of me and everyone else seemed to be gone.

"What did I miss?" I asked realizing that I got lost in my own world again while the world kept going on without me.

She sighed in exasperation, "Well, if I know Derek he went off to buy enough supplies to maintain a small army and is dragging Cora along. I threw Peter out before I was forced to resort to violence to keep him in check, leaving the two of us all alone." She explained.

"I'm so sorry about Derek; I thought you would have told him right away about what happened." I apologized desperately.

"Yeah well I was going to but then I walked in to find Miss Blake practically doing the walk of shame. I don't think I will ever be able to look her in the eye again knowing that her and Derek…" Raven stopped midsentence to shudder at the mental image that must be plaguing her mind, and mine for that matter.

"That is just disturbing." I muttered.

"Agreed!" Raven called after.

Personally I enjoyed writing Raven kicking Derek's ass for sleeping with Jennifer a bit too much because eww Jennifer and he lying bitch ways! Oooh, and what's this I see, a possible friendship between Raven and Ethan? How scandalous! And of course how could you not enjoy Peter being an all out asswipe for the sake of it! c: